North Korea launches new missile powerful enough to hit Washington DC, Europe or Australia but Trump promise the world 'we will take care of it'

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, a powerful one which can hit America, Europe or Australia into Japanese waters.

The Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched eastward from Pyongsong in North Korea's South Pyongan Province at around 3.30am local time (6.30pm GMT).

It flew for around 50 minutes, travelling 1,000km (620 miles), reaching an unprecedented altitude of 2,800 miles, before splashing down into the Japan sea.